Man in standoff was wanted on Michigan warrant

A man barricaded himself in a building near a major intersection Saturday in Hanover Park when police tried to arrest him on a Michigan warrant for attempted murder, police said Sunday.

A full day after the situation began at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, police issued their first public statement about the 15-hour standoff in the 1300 block of Bamberg Court, which ended about 4:30 a.m. with the man surrendering to police.

The standoff began when police tried to arrest the man on a warrant for attempted murder from the Emmett Township Police Department in Michigan, according to a press release from Hanover Park Police Lt. Mike Menough.

When police made contact with the man, he told them he was armed with a handgun and threatened to harm officers and himself, then barricaded himself in the residence on Bamburg where police had contacted him, according to the release.

The man held no hostages and had injured no one else, Mayor Rod Craig said Saturday night after being contacted at home by the Tribune. During the standoff, police were unavailable for comment about the situation even as users on Web sites such as Twitter, message boards and e-mails to local newspapers repeated several rumors about people in Hanover Park being killed or injured.

During the standoff, Greenbrook was blocked off by police for about a third of a mile, between Arlington Drive and Lake Street. Numerous police vehicles from area suburbs including Itasca and Wayne were in the area.

A neighbor who lives in an apartment near the barricade situation said she heard shots fired about about 10:40 p.m. The press release Sunday made no reference to any shots being fired.

The woman said she has been in her apartment since the standoff began 4 p.m., although she cannot see the exact apartment where the man was holed up.

She said she heard police approaching the apartment, "telling him to put his hands up and drop the weapon."

"Then I heard a round of shots and there was a pause, and then there was a second round of shots," she said.

No one was injured in the standoff, according to the release, which made no reference to shots being fired.

The standoff ended with the man's surrender; he is now in the custody of Hanover Park Police, pending further charges. Despite the attempted murder warrant, his name is not being released by police.